How to copy drivers from One to another machine

[mickey demaio]

I use Windows xp with lots of drivers installed in it. Now i bought i new PC and need to install those drivers in that system as well, but the problem is i lost my Cds containing those drivers. And i really need those drivers to be installed in my new system.

Do you have any suggestion in this case or is there any way i can copy these drivers to my new system ?

[Killen]

You can download those drivers from net if they are available and if not than there is an way to copy all your drivers to another system from the one you having. And that is really great to do so.

To copy your drivers to other system you need a program called DriverMax.

See this Windows 7 driver Solution

[mickey demaio]

Hey,,, thats great tool. I appreciate your help but could you please let me know how to use DriverMax?

[deoWo]

With the help of this program, you can copy drivers to Xp or Vista.DriverMax also allows you to pick a specific driver and store it to a specific folder.

To know how to use it, first download and install it to your computer.

After installation, When you launch it you will see a menu.

To start exporting your drivers hit "Export driver"

Then hit next to see a list of all the drivers that are installed on your computer.

You can select just the particular driver you are trying to transfer, or you can use Select all if you wanted to backup your entire driver list (useful).

Use the next button again and you'll be taken to a screen where you can choose how to backup the drivers. If you are trying to move the drivers between machines you should choose the option to export to a folder.

Use the next button again and everything is done. You'll be able to directly open the folder using the "Open extraction folder" button.

In here you should see the folders containing the actual driver files. This is what you'll want to copy to the other computer using a thumb drive.

On the other computer, you can choose to update the drivers for the problem device, and when you are prompted on how you want to search, just choose to "Browse my computer for driver software" and then pick the folder with your exported drivers.

Thats it.